Free Second Chances by Clare Atling

was spinning out of control. He didn’t
have the strength to think, let alone beat his father as alpha.
    He searched the room and saw the thick chains from the stone
bed hanging loose. If he could wrap them around Marcus long enough he could get
Callie safely from the room. He had to work quickly before Marcus took to his
wolf form, as he would be almost unstoppable then. With him carrying Callie, he
wouldn’t make it far.
    Colt collected his wits and wrapped the chains around his
hands, which clenched tightly into fists. Marcus was too pre-occupied with
Callie to notice the noise of the metal. Before he could think further, Colt
swung his fists hard against Marcus’s temple before jumping behind him and
securing the chains around his body. He pulled as tight as he could; he heard
bone crunching and guessed it to be his father’s ribs breaking. Marcus roared
in fury and struggled against the chains. However, Colt’s only thought was to get
out alive.
    He snapped the lock into place and kicked Marcus across the
room to the furthest point he could go. Then, spinning around, he picked Callie
up in his arms and he ran, making sure he shut and locked the door behind him. He
could hear the angry snarls of Marcus’s wolf struggling to break free from the
chains. His heart beat fast in his chest and, for the first time in his life,
he was running scared with a precious cargo in his hands.
    He made it to the gardens before he heard the piercing howl of
his father’s wolf, but he could tell he was still locked in the dungeon underground
as the sound was faint. Colt kept running through the gardens towards the main
gate; however, as he turned the corner, he came face to face with one huge, very
pissed-off Logan Penn.  
    ‘She got hurt and she passed out,’ he said quickly. ‘We need
to get her to safety before my father gets out.’ Logan snatched Callie into his
arms and snarled at Colt.
    ‘You fucking touch her again and I’ll rip your hand off,’ he
barked. ‘Run, before I kill you!’ His eyes were amber, but he never took his
eyes off Callie.
    ‘I mean it, Logan,’ said Colt, panicking. ‘Run, before he
gets out. RUN!’ Colt had not envisaged running into any of the brothers. As far
as he was concerned, however, Logan was too pissed off to fight right now and
his rescue mission was complete. He would run and lay low in order to work
through a plan.

 
     
    Chapter 16
    Logan had run the length of the driveway, with Seth and Cal
right behind him. The others were fighting Marcus’s pack at the main gate. He
had just turned the corner when he nearly slammed into Colt carrying one bloody
and naked Callie. He was just about to rip him limb from limb when he
registered what Colt was telling him. She was hurt but he had somehow got her away
from Marcus and warned him to run. His rage was too much for him to control now
that his wolf was surfacing. He couldn’t remember what he had said to Colt, but
all he wanted was to get Callie to safety.
    ‘Hold on, baby, we’ll get you home and safe.’ He kissed her
head as he spun round and ran towards the main gates. Seth and Cal were right
in front of him when they saw he had Callie in his arms.
    ‘Well, that was the quickest rescue mission I’ve ever been
on,’ Cal laughed. By now, Marcus’s wolves had had enough and had made their
escape.
    However, Logan ran straight past them. ‘She’s hurt,’ he
called out urgently. ‘Colt just handed her over to me. Told me to run and I
didn’t need telling twice.’
    Seth and Cal caught up with him. He just needed to get her safely
in the vehicle so he could look at her wounds and see what the sick prick had
done to her. Her scent let him know she hadn’t been raped, which had calmed his
wolf. He knew he wouldn’t have kept it together if she had been taken by force.
    ‘It could be a trap, Logan,’ warned Seth. ‘I don’t like how
easy that was.’ He had voiced his concern, but they pressed on towards the gate.
Logan had